"One Earth Summit" The human redemption for the environment

Six remaining years of this decade for nations to achieve 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 1.5°C climate pathway and the 30 by 30 Global Biodiversity Framework of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

It has been nine years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, outlining the global commitment to limit global warming below 2°C. Twenty-seven years since the first human effort, the Kyoto Protocol, to save the place called "home"

"The clock is ticking, and time is running out."

This sense of urgency is the driving force behind the One Earth Summit. Nations and its leaders are under immense and complex pressures from a poly-crisis of accelerated climate warming with the countdown to the 2030 climate change deadline. 25 March 2024, in Hong Kong. The One Earth Summit marks a pivotal global gathering for sustainability leaders to forge a path towards achieving net-zero emissions, through all aspects of society, including education, technology, policy, and artistic expression, bringing together 500 leaders and changemakers to promote personal, organizational, and planetary well-being through interconnectedness, diversity, and inclusion.

I was fortunate to meet these world-changing individuals. It was a great pleasure for me to listen to the speech given by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Mr. John Lee, about "Hong Kong's Climate Action Plan 2050". It was a pleasure to ask a question to Robin Zeng, the founder of CATL, about how CATL will achieve carbon neutrality in their factories. It was also a pleasure to have a conversation with Ms. Deepali Khanna, the Vice President of The Rockefeller Foundation, regarding how the foundation will initiate another round of investment in carbon mitigation.